Nonprofit · EIN 41-1618333
ART START
Tax-exempt · ST PAUL, MN 55105
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $506,808 | $443,989 | $62,819 | $749,436 | $470,189 | $279,247 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $488,235 | $394,606 | $93,629 | $300,287 | $83,859 | $216,428 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $359,525 | $398,972 | -$39,447 | $188,566 | $65,767 | $122,799 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $152,802
- of which government grants
- $94,333
- Program service revenue
- $342,674
- Investment income
- $11,332
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $57,548
- Other salaries and wages
- $99,236
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $178,136
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,953
- Occupancy
- $40,799
- Travel
- $2,844
- Depreciation
- $610
- Program services (functional)
- $377,282
- Management and general (functional)
- $43,215
- Fundraising (functional)
- $23,492
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $300,287
- Total assets, end of year
- $749,436
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $470,189
- Net assets, end of year
- $279,247
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $430,977
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $237,872
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $41,375
- Gross receipts
- $506,808
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 1988
- State of legal domicile
- MN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Sawyer | Executive Director Trustee or director | 40 | $56,334 | $8,610 |
| Lois Eliason | Board Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sara Dovre Wudali | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Phil Gurbada | Board Treaurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jodi Gustafson | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Randall Dana | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Isabela Rose Larsen | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeanette Lutter-Gardella | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Sirrine | Executive Director-partial year Key employee | 40 | $46,283 |
| Anne Sawyer | Executive Director-partial year Key employee | 40 | $27,524 |
| Judy Geck | Board Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Lois Eliason | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Martha Swendsen | Board Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Sara Dovre Wudali | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Greg McGee | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jamee Yung | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Magda Ronningen | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Sirrine | Executive Director Key employee | 40 | $53,900 |
| Judy Geck | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lois Eliason | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Martha Swendsen | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sara Dovre Wudali | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Lang | President Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Michelle Presley | Vice President Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Jes Reyes | Secretary Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1459 ST CLAIR AVE, ST PAUL, MN 55105-2338
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Anne Sawyer, 1459 St Clair Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
- Signed the 990
- Anne Sawyer, Executive Director
- Phone
- (651) 698-2787
- Website
- artstart.org
- Return prepared by
- Pazahanick & Associates
Mission
The mission of ArtStart, founded in 1988, has remained constant over its 36-year history: to foster artistic creativity and illuminate the connections among people, ideas, and the environment. Our artists engage children, families, and communities in quality arts education experiences that investigate environmental and cultural themes and use recycled materials. We say we do our work at the intersection of where art, environmental stewardship, and culture come together which enables us to address diversity, equity, and accessibility issues as they relate to our paradigm.
Program accomplishments
- : 1.) ArtStart's ArtScraps, providing low-cost, recycled materials to families, professional and young artists and organizations to further our message of environmental stewardship through the arts. ArtStart's ArtScraps Creative Materials and Ideas store: for the first 10 months, we were open to the public 3 days a week, Thurs-Sat. In June, we added Sundays, due to popular demand. We continued to make gains in revenue. Overall, revenue for the store was up almost 22% in FY25, from $94,162 in taxable income in FY24 to $121,340 in FY25.Expenses $112,152 · revenue $131,428
- 2.) Adult and Youth Development that includes community workshops in libraries and with social service organizations, school residencies, our Studio A in-store classes, and summer cultural arts camps to further our message of respect for our environment and honoring the arts of diverse cultures while employing artists from those cultures. ArtStart continued to implement community workshops working with the entire seven-county Metro library system, Washington Co., ScottCo., Hennepin Co., Ramsey Co., Carver Co., Anoka Co., Dakota Co., and the Saint Paul Public Library, as well as the Great River Regional Library system and those in southern Minnesota. Workshops emphasized cultural in twelve Minnesota counties that were free to the public. arts and reuse art workshops. In FY25 we provided 124 library workshops. * ArtStart implemented eight school residencies through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, plus twenty five additional residencies that were earned income. * It was a record summer for camp registrations. Our Passport to India Through the Arts and Teen Camp Create were filled with over 370 children ages 4 -17 years attending. In addition, for the second year we held our new Creative Writing Camp in June in Prospect Park, Minneapolis, and saw higher numbers than the previous year. ArtStart also provided client art camps to Sunny Hollow in July of 2024, and to St. Paul Urban Tennis's Artful Aces camp. * We added some new classes to our Studio A offerings for teens and adults, including Anishinaabe beading, painting on glass, and some artful and reuse programs like artful mending cigar jewelry boxes. Our popular poetry readings continued in the fall and spring, featuring both accomplished published Minnesota poets and young poets from Cristo Rey High School.Expenses $170,126 · grants $15,000 · revenue $207,317
- 3. ArtStart Special Projects and Commissions provide emerging and experienced artists with income, training and support. This includes many program expenses that support the whole organization. * We provided artful reuse activities through a STAR grant at ten events in St Paul, including Irish Fair, Cinco de mayo, St Paul Pride, Twin Cities Jazz Fest and the Flint Hills Children's Festival at the Ordway Theater. We also served the greater Twin Cities area with thirteen additional workshops. * The board continued its fundraising initiatives holding a Fall and a Spring campaign through GiveMN. We saw an increase of more than 13% in our programming revenue overall.Expenses $95,004 · grants $15,775 · revenue $39,425
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 41-1618333
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $749,436
- Income (IRS master file)
- $506,808
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $506,808 | $443,989 | $749,436 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $488,235 | $394,606 | $300,287 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $359,525 | $398,972 | $188,566 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $353,015 | $301,798 | $223,507 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 41-1618333).
Questions about ART START
- What is the EIN of ART START?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ART START is 41-1618333.
- Is ART START tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to ART START tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ART START file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ART START due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ART START last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ART START?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Anne Sawyer.
- Who are the officers and directors of ART START?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 8 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $56,334 (Anne Sawyer, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does ART START have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $506,808, expenses of $443,989 and total assets of $749,436 at year end.
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